Category: Education

I caught this song on the tail-end of a segment on Democracy Now a day or so ago, and I was thrilled by the inspiring imagery — both musical and visual — of the rise of woman power. The song — an anthem, really — is a collaboration between the Eurythmics (Annie Lennox) and…

Texas textbooks determine what children learn nationwide. “I believe that dinosaurs were on Noah’s Ark … somebody’s got to stand up to these experts.” (Don McElroy, former member of the Texas State Board of Education). Watch “The Revisionaries,” on PBS tomorrow night, January 28th:

Aaron Swartz And The Obama Administration’s War On Public Access To Information

From Jonathan Turley’s blog: The suicide of famed programmer and free access advocate Aaron Swartz shocked the world. However, the underlying story of the how the Obama Administration prosecuted — and, in the eyes of many, persecuted — Swartz for seeking to publish academic papers which were later released by MIT without charge. Nevertheless,…

Reprinted from Other Words (August 6, 2012) While charter proponents claim that their schools are less bureaucratic, more efficient, and more effective, the evidence doesn’t really back that up. By Jeff Bale and Sarah Knopp “Back-to-school” sales seem to start earlier every year. These days, more than binders and backpacks are on offer. Now, public schools…

Reprinted from Yes! Magazine (October 20, 2011) Some—including Wall Street protesters—say relieving students of nearly a trillion dollars in loans will help the rest of us, too. Ellen Brown asks, could it really work? By Ellen Brown Among the demands of the Wall Street protesters is student debt forgiveness—a debt “jubilee.” Occupy Philly has a…